Associations to the word «Ellipsoid»
Noun
- Swarm
- Trajectory
- Vibration
- Mapping
- Normal
- Rn
- Dynamics
- Raphael
- Minimum
- Balloon
- Luna
- Wide
- Iris
- Seed
- Accuracy
- Berry
- Mm
- Crystal
- Stability
- Geometry
- Graph
- Density
- Rod
- Diagram
- Atom
- Measurement
- Grid
- Coefficient
- Joint
- Gill
- Pole
- Pm
- Altitude
- Determination
- Disk
- Clarke
- Size
- Square
- Calculation
- Path
- Elevation
- Intersection
- Meter
- Input
- Isaac
- Motion
- Particle
- Deposit
- Component
- Blast
- Construct
- Long
- Mass
- Theory
- Focus
- Pursuit
Adjective
Wiktionary
ELLIPSOID, noun. (mathematics) a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere)
ELLIPSOID, noun. (geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
ELLIPSOID, adjective. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
ELLIPSOID, adjective. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
ELLIPSOID, adjective. (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.
ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION, noun. (geometry) A spheroid; a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes.
Dictionary definition
ELLIPSOID, noun. A surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid".
ELLIPSOID, adjective. Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.